Chamax (world)
| Chamax/Reidain (Foreven 3229) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classic Era (1116) | X654000-9
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| See also | UWP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System Details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary | M0 III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Planetoid Belts | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gas Giants | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chamax is a barren world with no overt population, government, or law level.
- This world could be populated if anyone had an inclination to do so...
- It is an unclaimed Non-Aligned world located in the Reidain Subsector of Foreven Sector.
- It is a secondary world within the Alenzar system.
- It is a chilly tundra world, with a climate of low temperatures.
- This die back world was once settled and developed, but the inhabitants have either died off or left, leaving behind the ruins and remnants of their civilization.
- This is a "forbidden" world designated as a Red Zone with an environment, laws, customs, life forms, or other conditions that make it extremely dangerous to visitors. Everyone is forbidden to travel here.
Description (Astrography & Planetology)
Stellar Data
Chamax has a solitary primary star.
- It is a turbulent red giant.
Chamax has a solitary primary star. Primary 
Type Category Mass (Sol) Temperature (K) Luminosity M0 III Giant 6.3 2800 - 3600 470 Unit Diameter Safe Distance Habitable Zone Jump Shadow M-Drive Limit AU 0.58621 1.79818 17.24 - 28.09 58.621 586.21 Orbit # 2 4 8 10 13 Remarks Unstable pulsating star. It produces high levels of EM noise.
System Data
The worlds of the system have been partially surveyed. They consist of:
- The mainworld, which is a Beltworld (the "Alenzar Belt"), containing the colony of Alenzar within the largest planetoid.
- A single planetary body named Chamax.
- x1 planetoid belt.
- x3 gas giants.
Secondary World Data
Chamax is the sole habitable planet in the Alenzar system.
The world orbits within the prime region of its star's habitable zone.
- It receives moderate levels of stellar energy.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (S)
Chamax is a Meso World between 8,800km and 10,400km in diameter. The world has a standard gravity between 0.6G and 0.8G. The horizon will appear about 4.4km away.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (A)
Chamax has a pressure of 0.43 to 0.70 atmospheres. The Thin Atmosphere does not require survival gear although it may be hard on sophonts not accustomed to it.
- It experiences relatively low temperatures.
Secondary World Hydrosphere (H)
Chamax has 35-45% of its surface covered by liquid water. There will be a number of small seas or one larger body of water. Wilderness refueling is possible.
Mainworld Geography and Topography
No centrally held map of the world exists within AAB Library Data records.
- Locally, detailed maps may be available.
(Blank map, predominantly dry world.)
History & Background (Dossier)
A sophont people inhabited Chamax, and were known to a few pre-Maghiz Darrians who traded with them. The Chamaxi never had the jump drive, although their world otherwise had TL 9 technology. As of the last Darrian visit, the UWP was classified as F655896-9.
By 700 Imperial, visiting Darrian traders only saw ruin where once there was vegetation, animals, and cities.
The world was the home to an advanced, unnamed sophont people of quasi-crustacean appearance, but currently has no land life, save for one species of voracious eater that is simply called Chamax.
Its poles are highly glaciated, and the average temperature is cooler than Human standard.
The world once supported a native civilization.
References
- William H. Keith Jr., J. Andrew Keith. The Chamax Plague/Horde (Game Designers Workshop, 1981), TBD.
- ↑ "Jump Map API" and map location from Travellermap.com